Sentences with phrase «obesity research found»

A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health study published in the November 2007 issue of Obesity Research found that per capita total daily intake of liquid calories in the United States increased 94 percent from 1965 to 2002.

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Obesity research at Brown University found similar trends.

These findings — published in the June 2014 editions of Molecular Nutrition and Food Research — suggest this ingredient's use as a plausible tool in the comprehensive management of metabolic syndrome (MetS), which is defined as a cluster of heart attack and cardiovascular disease risk factors, including diabetes / prediabetes, abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia and hypertension.

In fact, research from the McKinsey Global Institute found that a 10 per cent tax on high - sugar products would be one of the least effective measures in combatting obesity, ranking 14th out of 17 intervention methods1.

Research from the McKinsey Global Institute found that a 10 per cent tax on high - sugar products would be one of the least effective measures in combatting obesity, ranking 14th of 17 intervention methods, with portion control having the highest estimated impact with the most cost effective measures.

After all, the company was founded in response to academic research proving that even small cash rewards triple the effectiveness of weight - loss programs; that people are more effective at losing weight when their own money is at risk; and that social dynamics play a large role in the spread of obesity, and will likely play a large role in reversing obesity.

Now a concerned parent can find in one source all of the prevailing scientific research arguing against the use of food as a reward, a chart showing every leading medical organization which has condemned the practice, generally useful statistics on childhood obesity and even some colorful quotes from experts.

Find helpful programs and the latest facts, statistics, research, and reports on the topics of physical activity, nutrition, and obesity in the United States.

Also, Recent research published in April 2012 in the the official online journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics has found that a pregnant mother's metabolic conditions, such as obesity and diabetes, make autism more common.

A review of 7,000 studies by the World Cancer Research Fund found a third of cancers are attributable to diet and found at least six cancers for which obesity was a major risk factor.

Research published yesterday by the Medical Research Council, Human Nutrition Research Centre and the Department of Health found parents fail to respond to the warning signs of childhood obesity.

Professor Keith Godfrey, from the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit and the National Institute for Health Research Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, and a member of the study team, said: «The new findings provide the first direct evidence linking faltering of a baby's growth in the womb with epigenetic modifications that themselves may increase the risk of childhood obesity.

This finding offers new angles for further research into conditions such as osteoporosis, diabetes and obesity.

«Our findings are likely to be controversial because they suggest that meat contributes to obesity prevalence worldwide at the same extent as sugar,» says Professor Maciej Henneberg, head of the Biological Anthropology and Comparative Anatomy Research Unit.

The study's finding that obesity - induced inflammation impacts the presence of taste buds «provides a possible link between obesity and taste,» says Kathryn Medler, a taste physiologist at the University at Buffalo in New York, who was not involved with the research.

To find out more, Mihai Covasa and his colleagues at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) in Paris swapped gut bacteria between obesity - prone and obesity - resistant rats.

The revolution in obesity research began less than five years ago with the landmark discovery of a gene for leptin, the weight - regulating hormone found in both mice and people.

Employers and employees should consider new approaches to improve employee health during business trips that go beyond the typical travel health practice of providing immunizations and medical evacuation services, according to Rundle, whose earlier research found that extensive business travel was associated with higher body mass index, obesity, and higher blood pressure.

Speaking about the research, Professor Mireia Jofre - Bonet from the Department of Economics at City, University of London and lead author of the study, said: «Our study confirms the close relationship between health and the economic environment as we found that the 2008 Great Recession led to a decrease in risky behaviour, such as smoking and drinking, but also an increase in the likelihood of obesity, diabetes and mental health problems.

By analyzing genetic samples for over half a million individuals as part of the GIANT research project, which aims to identify genes that regulate human body and size, researchers found more than 100 locations across the genome that play roles in various obesity traits.

The findings add to growing research that has shown an association between heavy Internet use and other health risks like addiction, anxiety, depression, obesity and social isolation.

An interdisciplinary research team at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles has found that body mass index (BMI) is an inadequate method for estimating changes in body fat and obesity in children with lresearch team at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles has found that body mass index (BMI) is an inadequate method for estimating changes in body fat and obesity in children with lResearch Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles has found that body mass index (BMI) is an inadequate method for estimating changes in body fat and obesity in children with leukemia.

Exposing infants and children to higher amounts of sugar during growth and development can produce problems with cognitive development and learning as well as create lifelong risk for obesity, diabetes, fatty liver disease and heart disease, said Goran, founding director of the Childhood Obesity Research Center at the Keck School of Meobesity, diabetes, fatty liver disease and heart disease, said Goran, founding director of the Childhood Obesity Research Center at the Keck School of MeObesity Research Center at the Keck School of Medicine.

Previous research (pdf) has found support for both these theories, such as a study earlier this year showing that neighborhoods with more food and soft drink outdoor advertising had higher rates of obesity.

Brazilian scientists from the D'Or Institute of Research and Education (IDOR) and the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) found that ADHD kids and their mothers are more likely to have shorter telomeres, a hallmark of cellular aging, which is associated with increased risk for chronic diseases and conditions like diabetes, obesity and cancer.

The team expected to find obesity to be harmful for melanoma patients, based in part on research that implicates obesity in activation of a cancer - promoting molecular pathway called IGF - 1 / PI3K / AKT.

The findings open up new avenues of research into exactly how the brain controls eating, and suggest that drugs designed to activate or inhibit neurons in the DRN could be effective in treating obesity and preventing its related disorders, such as diabetes and hypertension.

Our findings suggest, however, that when breastfeeding mothers do not eat a moderate and healthy diet, there can also be increased risks of various health problems in the offspring, including obesity, diabetes, advanced puberty and reduced fertility,» said lead researcher Mengjie Wang, M.D., M.S., a graduate research assistant at the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences in Toledo, Ohio.

«However, we found that children with obesity who were rated as more impulsive prior to starting FBT had greater weight - loss success in the program compared to children with obesity who were rated as less impulsive,» added co-author Kelley Scholz, MSW, research supervisor at Seattle Children's Research Inresearch supervisor at Seattle Children's Research InResearch Institute.

The findings represent the first published animal research on an «obesity vaccine.»

In the context of the growing rates of obesity in western countries, the findings of the research could inform potential methods to prevent weight gain.»

It's no surprise that daytime sleepiness makes people more accident prone and impatient, but recent research suggests far more alarming consequences: one recent study found non-restorative sleep can take a toll on the nervous and endocrine system and raise risk for stroke, diabetes, obesity and heart disease.

Despite our national waistline being touted as a major public health concern — new research, led by Western Sydney University, has found that public hospitals are not adequately resourced to treat the one million adults who currently live with Read more about Study: Australian public hospitals can not meet the rising demand for obesity care - Scimex

Apr. 14, 2016 — An international research team that included scientists from Vanderbilt University Medical Center has found a novel way to counteract obesity in mice — by stimulating the growth of blood vessels in fat tissue.

A Japanese study found that an aromatic compound in red raspberries was able to prevent and improve obesity in animal subjects; additional research on the effect is needed, but we know enough to conclude that a handful of fresh raspberries sounds like an excellent summer snack.

These findings are counterintuitive, say the authors, but they're similar to those of previous research: A 2015 study found that people with normal BMIs but central obesity had the worst long - term survival rates, even when compared with overweight and obese people who also had central obesity.

«In terms of obesity, we found no support for the notion that low - fat dairy is healthier,» says Dr. Mario Kratz, first author of the review and a nutrition scientist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.

Then, in 2013, a review of research in the journal Endocrine Disruptors found that it may be associated with obesity, cardiovascular disease and other conditions in adults.

Studies have found less of a direct association between obesity and other cancers, including gallbladder, cervical, ovarian, and prostate cancer, as well as Non-Hodgkin lymphoma and multiple myeloma — but research does suggest it may play a role in these diseases, too.

«Human intestinal bacteria have been linked to the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity, and scientists have started to investigate whether the intestinal bacteria can play a role in the treatment of being overweight,» explained the study's author, professor Arne Astrup, head of the Department of Nutrition, Exercise, and Sports at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark (he shared many of the findings of his remarkable weight - loss research with mbg back in April).

Its worth the extra effort: More and more research is finding that whole grains reduce your risk of many chronic ailments, from obesity and diabetes to cardiovascular disease.

The findings show that «from a metabolic perspective, all calories are not alike,» said Ludwig, who researches obesity prevention at Children's Hospital Boston.

Why the discrepancy in research findings about alcohol's influence on obesity, abdominal fat, and insulin sensitivity?

Australian research has found EFT for obesity and food cravings and weight management to be extremely successful and durable over time.

The research institute's study «Sugar: Consumption at a Crossroads» found that close to 90 percent of general practitioners surveyed in the U.S., Europe and Asia believe excess sugar consumption is linked to the sharp growth in diabetes and obesity.

A study by the Obesity Research Institute AT Colombia University College found that when comparing a low calorie diet to a meal replacement shake, the shake was able to:

The group questioned the motive of the new research pointing to the deceptive research, and it also defended its clandestine efforts by reaffirming findings over the last several decades that concluded sugar does not contribute to heart disease — a point that's only half - true, considering sugar contributes greatly to obesity, which can put one at a higher risk of developing heart disease.

A study in 2013 found that being leptin resistant predicts obesity, 4 Jung, CH., Kim, MS., «Molecular mechanisms of central leptin resistance in obesity,» Archives of Pharmacal Research 36 (2)(2013): 201 - 7.

But a recent research published in International Journal of Obesity also found it's positive effect on fat burning and metabolism.

Research has found that being over weight is responsible for 216,000 premature deaths each year and the over consumption of processed foods are a major contributor to the obesity epidemic in the US.